Corset



Y I. ROSNER Aug. 13, 1946.

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Inventor Patented Aug. 13, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I oonsn'rIrving Rosner, New York, N. Y., assignor to Even- Pul Foundations, Inc.,New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 2c, 1945,Serial No. 573,730

3 Claims.

This invention relates to corsets, and th primary object of theinvention is to provide an improved garment of this kind adapted foreffectively reducing the abdomen and keeping the hips and waist inproper form without discomfort to the wearer.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a garment of theabove kind composed of two similar sections united by lacing at the backand adapted to be connected by separable fasteners at the front, eachsection including a back portion and a front portion, and a belt locatedn the inner face of the front portion of each section, each beltincluding acentral elastic portion and side inelastic portions attachedto the front portion of the associated section.

The present invention also consists in certain specific features anddetails of construction hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In th drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views:

Figure l is an outside elevational view of the garment in opencondition.

Figure 2 is an inside elevational view thereof in open condition.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 3-3 of Figure2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the present corset consists of twosimilar sections A and B adjustably united at the back by lacing 5 andadapted to be separably connected at the front upper portion by means ofhead and eye fastener member 6 and l and at the front lower portion byhooks and eye fastener members 8 and 9. Suitable garment supporters H}are attached to the lower edges of the back portion a and front portionb of each section.

The back portion a of each section is composed of a plurality ofinelastic sections ll, I2 and it that are stitched together alongadjacent edges. Vertical pockets I4 are provided where the sections Ii,12 and iii are joined, which pockets receiv conventional" stiffeningstrips or stays as indicated. Similar stays are provided in pockets i 5provided along the edges of the sections where the latter are lacedtogether at 5.

The front portion 12 of each corset section is composed of inelasticsections l6, ll, l8 and Hi and an elastic section disposed between theupper portions of the sections l1 and I8 and between the lower portionsof the section H and the gusset-like section l9 that is attached to thelower end of the section I8 and joins the section 2 H with the section Hof the back portion a of thesame corset section. At the tops ofthesections ll, l8 and 20, is a sewed-in elastic gore 2|, and in the lowerend of the section I! is a sewedin elastic insert or gusset 22. Thegusset 22 is thus located nearer the front center of the garment thanthe elastic section 26 and the associated gore 2i, and this arrangementof elastic section, gore and gusset provides for desirable elasticity atthe most satisfactory points conducive to comfort of the wearer. On theinner face of each front portion 17 where the sections it and 2t joinare pocket 23 that extend across the inner face of the associated gore2i and receive stiffening strips or stays. Th head and eye members 6 and1 are preferably carried by stiffening strips located in pockets alongthe front edges of the front portions b, as indicated by dotted 1ine at24. Additional supporters for a sanitary napkin are provided at 25 atthe lower ends of the sections l6, which supporters 25 include attachingstraps that are secured in a manner to be later described.

On the inner face of the front portion 17 of each corset section is abelt composed of side inelastic sections 26 and 2'! connected by anintermediate elastic section 28, the outer side edges of the inelasticsections 26 and 21 being stitched to the associated front portion 1)where the sections l6 and I! join and Where the sections l8 and I9 joinwith the section II. Where the sections i1 and 20 join, they areprovided with pockets 29 in which are placed ordinary stiffening stripsor stays. A binding strip 30 is provided along the upper edge of eachcorset section, and where this binding strip and the sections l1 and I 8are sewed to the gore 2|, they are gathered or pleated to permitstretching of said gore and the section 29. This gathering or pleatingis designated with respect to the strip 30 by transverse vertical linesin Figures 1 and 2 It is noted that the supporters 25 include attachingstraps, and one end of the strap of each supporter 25 is attached to thelower edge of the associated section l6 while the other end of saidstrap is attached to the lower edge of the adjacent section 26 of theadjacent belt. This produces a desirable distribution of pull on thebody portion and belt of the garment, and it will be noted that theelastic sections, pores and gussets are so arranged and located as topermit individual stretching at the upper portion of the garment and atthe lower portion thereof. At the same time, the garment is yieldinglyheld in snug contact with the wearer so as to have the desired reducingand form-keeping qualities without causing discomfort to the wearer. Itwill further be noted that the belts are yieldable so that they can moveor stretch to conform with the movement of the body independently of themain body sections of the corset.

It is believed that from the foregoing description, the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent. Also, theinvention is susceptible of modification nd changes in details ofconstruction such as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim is:

l. A corset comprising two similar sections having suitable means at theback for lacing and at the front for fastening the sections togetheraround the body of the wearer, each section comprising a completelyinelastic back portion provided with stays and a partly elastic frontportion provided with stays, each front portion comprising a relativelyshort inelastic section, a gusset-like inelastic section joined to thelower end of said short section, said short section and said gusset-likesection being joined to the associated back portion, a-relatively longinelastic section joined at its lower part to the lower part of thegusset-like section, an elastic section connecting the major upper partof the long section with the short section and the upper part of thegusset-like section, a further inelastic section joined to said longsection and carrying members of the fastening means, an elastic insertin the front portion of the lower end of said long section, and anelastic sewed-in gore at the tops of the long and short inelasticsections and the 4 elastic section and connecting the back portion andsaid further inelastic section at the top.

2. The construction defined in claim 1, in combination with a belt onthe inner face of each front portion, said belt comprising sideinelastic sections connected by an intermediate elastic section, theouter edges of the side inelastic belt sections being respectivelyattached to the front portion where said long and further inelasticsections thereof join together and where the short and gusset-likesections thereof join with the back portion, said belt being of a widthto extend from a point below but adjacent the top of the front portionto a point above but near the bottom of the latter.

3. The construction defined in claim 1, in combination with a belt onthe inner face of each front portion, said belt comprising sideinelastic sections connected by an intermediate elastic section, theouter edges or the side inelastic belt sections being respectivelyattached to the front portion where said long and further inelasticsections thereof join together and where the short and gusset-likesections thereof join with the back portion, said belt being of a widthto extend from a point below but adjacent the top of the front portionto a point above but near the bottom of the latter, and a napkinsupporter carried by each front portion, each supporter including anattaching strap secured at one end to the lower end of said furtherinelastic section of the associated front portion and at its other endto the lower end of the front side inelastic section of the adjacentbelt.

IRVING ROSNER.

